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  I started elementary school one and half years later than my peers. Although I finished all of the required classes in four years in college, I didn’t feel that I was ready for the real world. So, I stayed for one extra semester to take classes I enjoyed. (I paid for all of the [...]

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I had a chat with a friend yesterday. His company has suspended salary increase and bonus for 2009. But, the company would still conducted its annual performance review by the end of April. My friend was telling me that he wouldn’t spend much time on his review — "If I have a great review, I [...]

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I once played speed chess with a friend in college. My friend was a much better player. He played speed chess with his dorm mates almost every day. I rarely played and I was not a good player at all. Basically, I had no chance to beat him. But, one thing about speed chess is [...]

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Concur is a publicly traded software company that provides travel and expense management solution to corporations. It was co-founded by two brothers: Steve Singh and Rajeev Singh . Steve Singh is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. Rajeev Singh is President and Chief Operating Officer. Last Friday, Steve Singh admitted that he didn’t [...]

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Hi, Team It is with mixed emotions that I inform you, as of today, Joe Shmoe is no longer with NextIPOHomeRun Inc. Joe has done a tremendous job selling our flagship product. We appreciate the hard work he has done and also who Joe is as an individual. We can all say that he has [...]

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"The worst part about this company is that HR won’t listen to me. They don’t really care about me as an employee. I cannot talk to them about my problems and frustrations." A friend complained to me about a Fortune-500 company he has worked for seven years. I told him that he didn’t really understand [...]

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